Diffuse Phase Transition and Phase Separation in Cr-Doped: A Relaxor Ferromagnet
- 8 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 83 (19) , 3940-3943
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.83.3940
Abstract
We have investigated the diffuse phase transition accompanying the formation of submicrometric ferromagnetic-metallic (FM) domains embedded in the antiferromagnetic charge-ordered state in crystals, which is caused by quenched random field originating from Cr impurities substituted on the Mn sites. The fraction of the FM phase volume or the size of the FM cluster can be controlled to a large extent by the magnetic-field annealing as well as the Cr content. The observed phenomena are reminiscent of those of relaxor ferroelectrics composed of ferroelectric clusters embedded in paraelectric matrix.
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